Hi, > > Though I'm perhaps a bit confused by exactly how the rules with > > respect to following upstream are applied for cases like this, since > > are there not some packages which are perpetually patched to remove > > the MP3 codec, for example? > > The MP3 codec is illegal to distribute in the states (where Redhat is), but > free software. Flash on the other hand is free to distribute, but closed > source. Um, I thought that it was unclear as to what the patent for MP3 might actually be (there is a hell of a fuss over in Europe as to if anyone has the right to patent such things - it is unclear over here if the company involved has the right to patent it as there is prior art over the psychoacoustic model used, it is also unclear in the US over if the company involved has such a patent) and rather than risk anything, Fedora (and redhat before that) decided to drop mp3 support and let the likes of Livna do the support in xmms for mp3. Clean hands and all that... TTFN Paul -- Sie können mich aufreizen und wirklich heiß machen!
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